BOARD: Designing legal regulations for virtual general meetings in a sensible way (in German)

The legislator has presented a draft bill on the introduction of virtual AGMs of public listed companies, with which the government wants to create a seamless transition in time from the regulations on virtual general meetings under the Covid legislation. In their contribution, Dr Christine Bortenlänger and Sven Erwin Hemeling welcome the draft. However, in order to create an equivalent alternative to the presence general meeting, the special features of the new format must be better addressed.

The guest article appeared in BOARD - Zeitschrift für Aufsichtsräte.